Review
Ours to Lose: When Squatters Became Homeowners in New York City
The American journal of sociology, v 124(5), pp 1590-1592
01 Mar 2019
Abstract
Amy Starecheski’s Ours to Lose: When Squatters Became Homeowners in New York City is a fascinating exploration of a part of New York’s urban history and ways of living that are foreign to many. But the book is much more than an engaging read. Using oral histories with (former) squatters from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Starecheski’s analyses disentangle hidden meanings and uninterrogated presumptions that are central to contemporary debates centering on housing, homeownership, property, and the right to the city. In particular, sociologists may find useful the book’s robust discussion of the multifaceted concept of property (which so often gets thin treatment within sociology). [1st paragraph]
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- Title
- Ours to Lose: When Squatters Became Homeowners in New York City
- Creators
- Claire W. Herbert - Drexel University, Sociology
- Publication Details
- The American journal of sociology, v 124(5), pp 1590-1592
- Publisher
- Univ Chicago Press; CHICAGO
- Number of pages
- 3
- Resource Type
- Review
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Sociology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000466383300025
- Other Identifier
- 991022052937304721
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